You can't get the same feelings from downloads on your iPad.Old books. The smell of the past, of old but still very real thoughts. The connection with a mind much older.The smell of old books is the smell of the past, and the scent of its future.

within those covers more interesting. It's not so processed, filtered, or synthetic smelling or feeling that it appears artificial or superficial.
The same for bookstores. If it's in a Wall-Mart type building with florescent bulbs and white tiled aisles I am immediately put...